Georg Politzer

Born:	05-22-1898
Faculty:	Medical School | Medical University Vienna
Category:	Expelled teacher

Georg POLITZER (born on May 22nd, 1898 in Vienna, died on December 18th, 1956 in Vienna) was lecturer ('Dozent') for Embryologie at the Medical School of the University of Vienna. He was persecuted in times of Nazism as a Jew lost his position and was thrown out of the university on April 22nd, 1938. He emigrated to Allahabad/India. In 1950 he returned to Austria and became again professor at the University of Vienna in 1951. Lit.: UB MedUni Wien/van Swieten Blog